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Unusual Spinal Epidural and Paraspinal Venous Engorgement Secondary to Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis: A Rare Cause of Severe Low Back Pain

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Severe low back pain from spinal epidural and paraspinal venous engorgement secondary to hepatosplenic schistosomiasis is rare. MRI revealed dilated epidural veins and neural foraminal narrowing. The patient was managed conservatively with analgesia and carvedilol for portal hypertension and subsequently experienced complete resolution of back
Endalew Dessie Birara, Yonas Damtew Bejiga, Rediet Girmaye, Elias Getahun Bayu, Hosea Manyazewal Anberber, Alefe Aklewok Tadesse, Habtamu Ferede Kidanu, Ragasa Getachew Bayisa, Tamirat Godebo Woyimo   +8 more
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Pneumorachis from the cervical to the sacral spinal canal with spinal epidural abscess by gas gangrene

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019
We present a 70-year-old woman with severe diabetes mellitus, who experienced low back pain and left lower leg paralysis. Computed tomography showed air in the spinal canal from C4 to S5, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an epidural abscess from ...
Tomoki Matsuo, Atsushi Tanji, Koichi Tateyama, Yuhei Yoda, Yusaku Kamata, Tadahisa Urabe   +5 more
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Concomitant Lemierre's Syndrome and Base‐of‐Skull Osteomyelitis Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, Complicated by Ceftriaxone‐Associated Cholecystitis: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Lemierre's syndrome and base‐of‐skull osteomyelitis can occur together in immunocompetent adolescents with Arcanobacterium haemolyticum bacteraemia. Prolonged high‐dose ceftriaxone may precipitate symptomatic cholecystitis. Clinicians should consider A.
Angus Lane, Alexandra Stewart
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Spinal epidural abscess due to acute pyelonephritis [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Spinal epidural abscesses are rare and are misdiagnosed in up to 75% of cases. Fever, back pain, and neurological deficits are part of the classical triad.
Iacopino D., Nicoletti G. F., Paolini F., Palmisciano P., Ponzo G., Scalia G., Umana G. E., Giuffrida M., Marrone S., Furnari M.   +9 more
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Cervical Spinal Osteomyelitis with Epidural Abscess following an Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection in an Immunocompetent Host

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is uncommon with an incidence reported as 0.33–1.96 abscesses per 10,000 hospital admissions per year. Two-thirds of the cases were caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Escherichia coli (E.
Abdelmoniem Moustafa, Rowida Kheireldine, Zubair Khan, Hussam Alim, Mohammad Saud Khan, Mohd Amer Alsamman, Eslam Youssef   +6 more
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Hypercalcemia in a Patient With Spinal Tuberculosis and Aspergillus Co‐Infection: A Case‐Report

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading infectious causes of mortality worldwide, may disseminate hematogenously and result in extrapulmonary manifestations. Spinal tuberculosis (ST) is an uncommon but serious form of extrapulmonary TB.
Negin Parsa, Amirpasha Amlelshahbaz, Hamidreza Soltani   +2 more
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Epidural Spinal Cord Compression by an Abscess from a Dumbbell Extension of a Non-Osseous Soft Tissue Paravertebral Hydatid Cyst in the Dorsal Region

Advanced Medical Journal, 2023
Background and objectives: Human being may become infested with Echinococcus granulosus, as an intermediate host, ending with the formation of hydatid cyst.
Saleem Khadir Musalah, Muhammad Azeez Sulaiman, Anas Amer Mohammad, Walid Wahab Al-Rawi   +3 more
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Case Report: Epidural Abscess Following Obstetric Epidural Anesthesia in Vietnam

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2021
Lam Duc Nguyen,1 Toan Thanh Vo,2 Cuong Van Tran,1 Tam Thi-Thanh Hoang,1 Phuoc Xuan Vu,3 Kha Dong To,4,5 Ha Thi-Ngoc Doan,1 Anh Duy Nguyen6 1Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Thong Nhat Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 3Bach Mai Hospital ...
Nguyen LD, Vo TT, Tran CV, Hoang TT, Vu PX, To KD, Doan HT, Nguyen AD   +7 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis Diagnosed After Repeated Sputum Smear Examinations Despite Negative Results at a Referral Tuberculosis Center: The Importance of Maintaining Clinical Suspicion

Journal of General and Family Medicine, Volume 27, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT An 88‐year‐old woman with back pain was found to have destructive changes at T9/T10 and diffuse micronodular pulmonary opacities suggestive of miliary tuberculosis. At two referring hospitals, six sputum smears and two interferon‐gamma release assays were negative.
Kento Kabeya, Kousuke Mouri, Hidehiro Someko   +2 more
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EPIDURAL ABSCESS SIMULATING DISC HERNIA

, 1968
1. Epidural abscess should be suspected in patients with lumbar and sciatic pain who have a history of staphylococcal skin infections or of diabetes. 2.
B. T. Keon-Cohen
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